Four-dimensional mesospheric and lower thermospheric wind fields using Gaussian process regression on multistatic specular meteor radar observations

Volz, Ryan; Chau, Jorge L.; Erickson, Philip J.; Vierinen, Juha P.; Urco, J. Miguel; Clahsen, Matthias

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-7199-2021

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17 Nov 2021

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Four-dimensional mesospheric and lower thermospheric wind fields using Gaussian process regression on multistatic specular meteor radar observations

Ryan Volz, Jorge L. Chau, Philip J. Erickson, Juha P. Vierinen, J. Miguel Urco, and Matthias Clahsen

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